Wentbridge
He bare a launsgay in his honde,
And a man ledde his male,
And reden with a lyght songe
Unto Bernsydale.
But at Wentbrydge ther was a wrastelyng,
And there taryed was he,
And there was all the best yemen
Of all the west countree.
Stanza 540 Geste.
It was Francis James Child, 1825-96, born in Boston Massachusetts who amended the place of Wentbridge to "he went at a bridge" Child includes this alteration in his textual note, III, 79.
This is obviously an attempt to edit the text by a compositor who did not know Wentbridge.
Notice the late date.
(Rochester)